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Kuba

Ceremonial Dagger (Ikul)

Kuba, 1900

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Kuba

Ceremonial Dagger (Ikul)

Kuba, 1900

Physical Qualities Wood, metal, 12 3/16 × 3 7/16 × 2 1/16 in. (31 × 8.8 × 5.3 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Gilbert and Jean Jackson, Potomac, Maryland
Object Number 1995.104
leaf-form with wooden handle ending in knob, decorated with homemade metal staples in linear designs
Karen Milbourne, BMA, "Meditations on African Art: PATTERN," March 12-August 17, 2008

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